The national debt already exceeds $36 trillion and is growing at historic rates. That has cascading consequences for the ...

With interest costs outpacing defense spending, this piece will help journalists understand the public debt and explain it to ...

History supports Moody’s assessment that “successive US administrations and Congress have failed to agree on measures to ...

Well, as we look at today's chart of the day, it effectively measures the debt to GDP ratio, both historically and projected in the future. It comes to us via Deutsche Bank and Jim Reed over there ...

Elevated interest rates relative to the post-GFC years add to the challenge of servicing high debt levels. Read more here.

U.S. government debt exceeds 120% of GDP as interest payments surpass defense spending, pushing the nation toward fiscal cliff By Carol Roth Fox News Published May 19, 2025 5:00am EDT ...

Cue the laugh track, because Bessent’s growth fantasy is a joke when viewed through the lens of history and facts.

The increasing trend of deficit and total debt is generating less gross domestic product (GDP) annually. It’s not a debate, ...

So sure, swapping old USTs trading at a discount for current coupons would cut US federal debt by $1.6tn — or around 50x itemised Doge savings — it’s still only five and half per cent of GDP ...

The US is among the top 10 countries in the world with the highest debt-to-GDP ratio. What is the debt ceiling, and why does it keep increasing? When the government spends more money than it ...

Ray Dalio, founder Bridgewater Associates, the world's biggest hedge fund firm, says we're approaching an inflection point when it comes to how much debt the U.S. government is on the hook for.